In the real world, litigation is often difficult, disruptive and expensive for both individuals and businesses. While many litigators, including Christine, love the work they do in and out of the courtroom, it’s just not that much fun for their clients. Christine runs her employment law practice with this in mind. She approaches each matter with the confident and calm aggression that leads to success at trial. While always ready to fight to the end, Christine puts her clients first, constantly looking for ways resolve any dispute in her client’s best interest without protracted litigation, even if that sometimes means that she passes on a good fight. When she simply cannot reach a resolution without the fight, she fights hard and will go for the knock out or all ten rounds if that is what it takes to protect her clients and get them the best possible results. When Christine and her legal team take on a matter, they use their skill and the law to serve the interest of their clients. They get results.

Christine represents employees in all types of workplace negotiations and legal disputes. She also advises employers on how to implement appropriate and lawful employment practices in the workplace. She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in New York and North Carolina. She also practices in various state and federal administrative tribunals.

Before focusing on her private practice, Christine was a prosecutor with the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where she investigated and prosecuted a variety of street crimes, violent felony offenses, domestic violence and white collar crime. Once Christine left public service to join the private sector, she focused on litigation with a private firm where she defended a variety of general liability claims, represented contractors in complex construction cases and represented various companies, both small and large, in premises liability and employment claims. Christine has successfully handled every aspect of litigation for her clients over the years, including all phases of discovery, depositions, motion practice, hearings, trial, mediations, settlement negotiations and appeals. She is a seasoned negotiator, litigator and trial attorney.

In February 2007, Christine started her own litigation law firm in New York City. Over the years she grew the firm into a successful employment law practice protecting employee rights and resolving their employment disputes. In January 2018, Christine decided to expand her firm Southeast and she has now set up shop in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A native New Yorker and life-long Upper West-Sider, Christine is a graduate of the Brearley School, Columbia College and Fordham Law School. She now also enjoys life in the Queen City from Uptown to Ballantyne and all the greenways in between.

Christine represents all employees, from the C-Suite executive, to the server at your favorite restaurant chain. She negotiates executive compensation agreements, severance agreements, employment contracts and independent contractor agreements for her clients. She represents and negotiates for her clients in private mediations, at the EEOC, through the federal sector EEO process, and at FINRA. She helps clients who have been discriminated against based on their race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation and other protected classes. She represents clients who have been denied a reasonable accommodation for their disability. She regularly represents clients at the EEOC and in state and federal courts. She is an experienced trial attorney, and she gets results.

Education:
J.D., Fordham University Law School
B.A., Columbia University

Bar Admissions:
New York
North Carolina

Federal Court Admissions:
Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York
Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Federal District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Bar Affiliations:
New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association,
National Employment Lawyers Association – National and NY Chapter
North Carolina Bar Association
Mecklenburg County Bar Association

Languages:
Ms. Rodriguez is fluent in Spanish